Cohomology of Number Fields (Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 14, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 714
ISBN-13: 9783540666714
Subjects: Algebraic geometry; Algebraic topology; Groups & group theory; Number Theory; Theory Of Numbers; Group Theory; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Homology Theory; General; Geometry - Algebraic; Algebraic number fields; Cohomology theory; Galois groups; Mathematics / Number Theory; Algebraic fields; Galois theory
First sentence: Profinite groups are topological groups which naturally occur in algebraic number theory as Galois groups of infinite field extensions or more generally as étale fundamental groups of schemes.